Four aspects of helpful inner focus: 1.) reducing negative states
I started meditating regularly while I was still at university in the early 1970's. I then went on a number of meditation retreats and visited a whole series of monasteries and ashrams. By the late 70's I had a good deal of experience of a fruit salad of methods including vipassana, zen, yoga relaxation, pranayama, dynamic meditation, hypnosis, chanting, and several other approaches. I...